Christopher Mayfield

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The Right Honourable

Christopher Mayfield
Bishop of Manchester
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Manchester
In officec. 1993 –2002 (retirement)
Predecessor Stanley Booth-Clibborn
Successor Nigel McCulloch
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester (2002–present)
Previous post(s) Bishop of Wolverhampton (1985–1993(area bishop:1992–1993))
Archdeacon of Bedford (1980–1985)
Orders
Ordination1964
Consecration1985
Personal details
Born (1935-12-18) 18 December 1935 (age 88)
Plymouth, Devon, England
Denomination Anglican
Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1958–1964
Rank Flight lieutenant

Christopher John Mayfield (born 18 December 1935) is a British retired Anglican bishop. After studying engineering at university and then serving in the Royal Air Force, he was ordained in the Church of England. He undertook a number of parish posts before serving as Archdeacon of Bedford from 1979 to 1985. He was consecrated a bishop in 1985, and then served as Bishop of Wolverhampton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield, before ending his career as the Bishop of Manchester from 1993 to 2002.

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Early life and education

Mayfield was born 18 December 1935, [1] in Plymouth, Devon, England, but grew up in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School, then an all-boys public school (i.e. independent boarding school) in Sedbergh, Cumbria. [2] He then studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Mechanical Sciences.

Following university, he spent four years teaching engineering in the Royal Air Force (RAF). After attending officer training, he was commissioned in the Education Branch of the RAF on 30 January 1958 in the rank of pilot officer. [3] He was promoted to flying officer on 18 December 1958. [4] The period he served in the regular RAF was extended to 30 October 1961, [5] [6] and then he transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve of Officers on 31 October 1961. [7] He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 17 June 1964, [8] before relinquishing his commission on 22 September 1964, thereby ending his service with the RAF. [9]

Ordained ministry

Mayfield was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1963 and as a priest in 1964. [10] He became a curate at St Martin's in the Bull Ring, Birmingham. [11] He was then a lecturer at the same church before becoming the Vicar of Luton.

He was appointed the Rural Dean of Luton in 1974 [12] and then the Archdeacon of Bedford (1979–1985) before his appointment to the episcopate as the Bishop of Wolverhampton in 1985. [13] He was consecrated as a bishop on 30 November 1985, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. [14] He was translated in 1993 to be Bishop of Manchester and retired in 2002. He currently ministers as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester.

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References

  1. ↑ Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black ISBN   0-7136-3514-2)
  2. ↑ "Mayfield, Rt Rev. Christopher John, (born 18 Dec. 1935), Bishop of Manchester, 1993–2002; Hon. Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Worcester, since 2002". Who's Who 2020 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "No. 41327". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 February 1958. p. 1440.
  4. ↑ "No. 41581". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1958. p. 7849.
  5. ↑ "No. 42365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1961. p. 3985.
  6. ↑ "No. 42408". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 July 1961. p. 5098.
  7. ↑ "No. 42501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1961. p. 7863.
  8. ↑ "No. 43552". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1965. p. 710.
  9. ↑ "No. 43727". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 July 1965. p. 7360.
  10. ↑ "Christopher John Mayfield" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory, 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN   0-7151-8088-6)
  12. ↑ Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN   1-870520-09-2
  13. ↑ The Times, 31 July 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62204; col D, Church news New Bishop of Wolverhampton
  14. ↑ "picture caption" . Church Times . No. 6408. 6 December 1985. p. 4. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 1 June 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
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Preceded by Bishop of Wolverhampton
1985–1993		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Manchester
1993–2002		Succeeded by


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